CVE-2022-1628CWE-79

Simple SEO <= 1.7.91 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium · published September 6, 2022

CVSS v3.1
6.4
EPSS
1%
Percentile
48.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Simple SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to attribute-based stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including 1.7.91, due to insufficient sanitization or escaping on the SEO social and standard title parameters. This can be exploited by authenticated users with Contributor and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts into posts/pages that execute whenever an administrator access the page.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00613 · 48.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2022-09-06T17:18Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 SEP 17:18Z
    Simple SEO <= 1.7.91 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    cvelistv5